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PIETER BRUEGEL (after) Euntes in Emaus.
Etching and engraving, circa 1555. 324x427 mm; 12 3/4x16 3/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Indiscernible watermark. A brilliant, richly-inked, early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear.
Euntes in Emaus, or Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus, is part of a series of 12 landscapes issued by Antwerp publisher Hieronymus Cock after original drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1529-1565). The original drawing for this particular print is preserved in the Koninklijk Museum, Antwerp, and Bruegel is said to have borrowed some aspects of this complex composition from the landscapes of Flemish painter Herri met de Bles (1500-1550). Bruegel produced the drawings for the express purpose of being etched by Lucas and Johannes van Doetecum and published by Cock--who was the most successful publisher of single sheet etchings in Antwerp from 1550 to 1570 . Hollstein 11.
